Mandy01

I'm going to break my response up here:
1) Being married doesn't stop you from having friends in college.  You can still watch movies, hang out, go rock climbing, etc.  You can get to know people at classes, join clubs, etc.  As far as LDS Christian specific activities: you're still welcome at the Institute, going to fun activities with all sorts of folks, etc.  The Institute at your college specifically is very lively, and welcomes both singles and married (I know this as a married person myself).
2) Biological age stops mattering as much after you hit 18.  What matters much more is maturity: how are you with managing yourself, your money, your job, your house, communicating how you feel, knowing yourself, etc.  A person should have decent grasp on these things before getting married, and being irresponsible when you're married hurt you and your spouse.  

I completely understand why you feel that way. But it's not nearly as hard as you might think☺. My wife and I got married when she was 19 so pretty close to you, and she never had problems making friends and doing all kinds of things with them. Now we were going to BYU, so we were around a ton of Latter-day Saint people who were also either married or trying to get married, but even in a different setting it would not have been hard to make friends. A lot of people think that once you get married, you can't hang out with people or others will act weird around you. We got the occasional comment of surprise from our non member friends when they learned how young we were, but we still were able to hang out, go out to movies, played games, had fun experiences etc we just had them together instead of seperately. Now I obviously can't tell you if you are marrying the right man or not, only you can know that. But assuming you feel the confirmation of the Holy Ghost, have dated this young man long enough to get a good feel for how he responds in different situations, and truly love him go forward in faith. You will have a ton of fun and awesome experiences with a lot of friends.

Thank you for your input. It does give me a lot of understanding for what life will be like after marriage. I’m definitely going to have my own things that I enjoy doing independently, just as I do now. I guess I just get worried that once I’m around people my age they might think that I’m “closed off” from hanging out and stuff because I am married. I know marriage is definitely a commitment that will take time and dedication- more important than having fun with friends in college- I just think it’s still good to have some quality friendships outside of a marriage. Thank you for your advice, it does help to keep it in perspective. We go to Institute together and both of us have already made friends with different people, I think having a healthy environment like this will make it a lot easier to make quality friends with others as well. I’m very excited to being married to my significant other and I understand it’s eternal significance. 

Hello, I’m new of course and I recently converted to the LDS religion this last spring. I live in Wyoming but I’m from Texas (born and raised); I claim both as my home(s). I’m college age and I look forward to getting to know some of you! 

Hello, I’m new of course and I recently converted to the LDS religion this last spring. I live in Wyoming but I’m from Texas (born and raised); I claim both as my home(s). I’m college age and I look forward to getting to know some of you!